Plant of the Week: Beaufort gold potinara

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Jan 30, 2011 at 12:01 AMJan 30, 2011 at 3:50 PM

The Beaufort gold potinara ( Potinara Beaufort Gold 'Susan Fender' AM/AOS) is a compact orchid suitable for placing on a windowsill. It's a vigorous grower and prolific bloomer, often having several flowers at a time. The rich, gold blossoms with an overlay of peach around the edges are sweetly fragrant and last several weeks. The plant was given the Award of Merit from the American Orchid Society. It has been mass-produced by tissue culture in large quantities for the retail market. The genus name Potinara indicates that the plant is a hybrid of the group that includes the genera Brassavola, Cattleya, Laelia and Sophronitis, all of which are within the Cattleya alliance. Beaufort gold potinaras can be seen in the northern portion of the Franklin Park Conservatory as part of the Orchid Forest exhibition.

The Beaufort gold potinara ( Potinara Beaufort Gold 'Susan Fender' AM/AOS) is a compact orchid suitable for placing on a windowsill. It's a vigorous grower and prolific bloomer, often having several flowers at a time. The rich, gold blossoms with an overlay of peach around the edges are sweetly fragrant and last several weeks. The plant was given the Award of Merit from the American Orchid Society. It has been mass-produced by tissue culture in large quantities for the retail market. The genus name Potinara indicates that the plant is a hybrid of the group that includes the genera Brassavola, Cattleya, Laelia and Sophronitis, all of which are within the Cattleya alliance. Beaufort gold potinaras can be seen in the northern portion of the Franklin Park Conservatory as part of the Orchid Forest exhibition.

- Dave Brigner

Franklin Park Conservatory

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